Show t NAVAL A V At AVIATION A VIA lION PlAN 31 DISCUSSED President Confers With Secretary Wilbur TALK OF DIRIGIBLE Big New Ship Would Cost Five Million Millio I PAUL UL s SMITHS SMITH'S New Kew y York July lY 24 4 AP The AP The naval l. l aviation pro program gram underlie e h nw n nIng Ave h- h ing authorization V was AS ASal al by 5 by President wit with I Secretary Wilbur of the nav navy y nt to today today today to- to day particular attention given to th the construction of a a- a dirigible threefold the size of the Shenandoah Shenandoah doah doab which cr crashed hed in in ina a storm over Ohio last year Mr Wilbur came here for the week end on Ms Iris way to the west coast for lor an Inspection of the UnIted United Unit UnIt- ed States State fleet and took up with the chief executive questions entering entering entering en en- into the framing flamin of the naval budget for the fiscal year yeal 1928 No conclusions were reached I however concerning beginning construction con con- coni i next year of the huge dirigible tw two of which have been authorized by congress The T e lighter- lighter than air craft would have i cap capacity capac cIty c- c ity of cubic feet be Inflated in inflated inflated in- in with helium and cost ost b between tween and or or nearly twice that expended in construct construct- constructing ing the Shenandoah REPORT ON BLAST A number of departmental questions questions ques ques- Lions were gone ov over r by the secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary with the he president nt and a re report report report re- re port made on the recent arsenal ex explosion p at Lake Denmark N. N J. J Details De De- tails of the aviation program were withheld under the policy of ol Secrecy se secrecy secrecy se- se I crecy which is thrown about all budget estimates until they are sub- sub mItten IHl to tn congress mItten IHl to tn congress Mr lr Wilbur however in receiving said that newspaper correspondents Assistant Secretary Warner Varnel In charge of naval aviation was de developing developIng de- de a policy and considering a number of ot matters for development of naval aeronautics The secretary also informed the had president that arrangements been made for the receivers of the Elk Ell Hills naval oil reserve in California Call Call- fornia to turn into the treasury at Washington on August ug 1 of accumulated accumulate 1 profits from oni operation opera opera- r tion from the properties during t the period p oC of litigation between the E. E L. L Doheny company and the govern govern- above and beyond beyond beyond be be- ment The funds are aid yond the amount at issue in tire thc civil suit for f r cancellation of the lease which is pending in in the United d States supreme court After August it was added will be de- de monthly with the treasury by the receivers ORDERED VACATED The leases in h both reserves reserves reserves' Nos r 1 I and 2 In California as well as the contracts with Doheny for construction construction construction con con- of of tanJ tanks s 0 for storage of royalty oil at Honolulu have been ordered vacated by hv the lower courts as a result of suits growing out of oil investigations of two the the senate senate years vears ago O but a R final determination Is yet to be made by the supreme court Reporting t to Mr 11 Coolidge Coolid e on tire UTa Lake Denmark disaster ster Mr 11 Wilbur Wilbur Wilbur Wil Wil- bur said although reports are yetto yet yetto n t tto to be received from rom two o naval courts the it was was investigating U that the damace e was wa J not apparent great s-reat as the first re reported re- re as ported porte while the damage to private private I and property was vate persons small I Explosives stored at the arsenal accumulated largely he ho added were ed during the war and while It all would be necessary to replace the materials the gradual program will be worked out for accumulating In ing what Is needed NEED SMALLER PLANT new arsenal will be beI Whether hether a built on the tho site of the disaster the tire I said saW would not be be dei de dc determined secretary until after the courts of Continued on 1 page a e 4 I NAVAL AVIATION PLAN DISCUSSED Continued from page 1 inquiry ry have reported but the construction construction construction con con- decided upon probably will not be on so large a scalo scale the plant I that was destroyed destro ed because there Is no need for tor such extensive equip ment menu The Lake Denmark site he had regarded as good because of the natural nat nat- ural ridges which gave a measure measure measure meas meas- I ure of ot protection to surrounding 1 territory against explosion At the sam same time he lie made it clear that Isolation isolation Iso Iso- lation laUon for Cor arsenals will be sought to tire ti-re point that access will permit Secretary Wilbur Wllbur arrived at White WhitePine WhitePine Pine cam camp early today and within an hour accompanied President Coolidge to the executive offices where they discussed naval questions ques ques- and the chief executive following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing his daily custom attended to a number of other government matters INSPECT TROOPS In the afternoon they remained at the summer White House for tor a short time when Mr Coolidge left lett for the William Rockefeller preserve I to try his hand at fishing fish after atter refraining re refraining refraining re- re from his favorite sport for several days Mr 11 Wilbur meantime meantime meantime mean mean- time went to the camp of ot the the the-ma marine marine ma- ma rine detachment guarding the president president president pres pres- ident and reviewed and Inspected the troops The president and Mrs Coolidge with Secretary Wilbur are expect expect- expected ed e-d to attend services tomorrow morning at the First Congregational oh church of ot Saranac Lake which has been selected as ns the church home of Mr Coolidge this summer Mr Wilbur plans to leave for tor Seattle Monday fon ay morning W V H H. Moran foran chief of or the secret service treasury department Is to arrive tomorrow for tor a two or three ree days days' Inspection of or the arrangements that have been made for guarding the summer White House I I |